April 25, 2010

Dress by Miu Miu, and because of FTC regulations, I'm supposed to tell you I was lent the garment to photograph by the PR offices.Photo by Spencer, again. I think I was trying to do something Inez and Vinoodh-ish when I stood off to the side. It kind of failed but I like this as a film still? And it might be gimmicky but I enjoy church themes? And my hair looks totally white here, and kind of is totally white in real life, which makes me want to dye it pink, since I wouldn't have to bleach it (which is maybe the equivalent of scraping at my scalp with a chainsaw. A chainsaw that is on fire.) So, time to write another persuasive essay for my parents!

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Awesome I love the project that you did, Pink hair sounds good although I know nothing about hair dying and such business my closest guess of dying would be putting pink paint over my head my Mum would scream and the devil would appear in her eyes if I did that.

Oh yes, pink! Not some hard shocking pink - but a lovely soft pink. It would be rather retro - I know a cousin of mine who was a red-head was in a fashion show in the late 60s or early 70s and they made her hair cotten candy pink. It was amazing (I was just a little kid at the time but it was so striking that I remember it still. And even my mother liked it)!

You're right about bleaching it again. It would kill your hair, so if you do it pink, just do it over the white. Then when the pink fades out to white again, you could do it something different.Also, using tons of conditioner would be good for your hair since you're dying it. When I dyed mine, I used a ton of conditioner, and just let it sit in my hair for almost five minutes in the shower before I rinsed it out.Okay yeah, done with the hair-nerd tips now.And happy late birthday. :D

I that a combo of neked lady pint and crazy-fresh-cat print on that dress. HOT DOG, tell me that M. Prada, was all "Oh Tavi, my style bosom buddy, here, have this dress. You'll look marvelous in it!". Tell me those exact words came from her lips.

You had to write persuasive essays too?!? Eventually I started making PowerPoints to go a long with my essays because my words tended to mimmic my previous works. Best of luck to your pink wishes!! Try describing the pain you'll endure in the bleaching process. It'll show that you know about sacrifice. My parents were always impressed with that word.

I totally know what you mean about the chainsaw feeling you get from bleach. It is painfulllllllll. I would have to say you shouldn't dye your hair pink cause i remember when I did mine pink, it was like super awesome and exciting for the first 2 days but then it faded so quickly and it was so disappointing..

I hate to break it to you, but unless your natural color is quite light, you will most likely still have to bleach/process your hair in order to get truly vibrant shades of pink (luckily the roots are not as problematic, so maybe the chainsaw just grazes your scalp?)melina bee

I don't think this shot failed at all. This picture is totally amazing. The church theme doesn't seem gimmicky with the emotion on your face, and the naked lady collar paired with the saintly vestige of a statue there is kind of amazing haha. Still, if you crop this down to just be a frame of you it's a totally incredible portrait.

I say go for it, dye your hair pink if you really want to. It will be easier now than later and it will always fade the same as the blue did and you can enjoy the white then. I prefer the white to the blue but I'm curious about how the pink will look and you should just do whatever you want with your own hair. Bleaching again is probably not a good idea though because it will really damage it, when I bleached my hair my than once it became so dead and damaged that it wouldn't even accept new color and I had to cut it off.

Hi Tavi :), i'm from Spain and i TOTALLY TOTALLY TOTALLY LOVE YOU, i think u're amazing, i love your style, your hair, i love all your things, you're very beautiful, WONDERFUL, I would like that we were friends, because i want friends like you, you're very very very INCREDIBLE, please reply me this comment, i want to be ur friend, i love love love ui wish that the girls be like u!

good luck persuading your parents for pink hair!! i think hot pink would look amazing on you!! i am 14, too, and i can't even persuade my parents to get me a double piercing (it's like they're amish or something...)!!

Tavi, honestly I don't think you should dye your hair pink. It's not because I think it's crazy but because of these reasons: Dying your hair can damage it and it will become more brittle over time. Plus the color might fade quickly. Why don't you get wigs instead? With wigs, you won't damage your hair. I hope you understand why I'm warning you about the side affects about dying your hair and that you won't take it the wrong way.

If your essay works in persuading your parents, you should definitely put a copy in 'The new Sassy', so as to inspire other kids.

There are some super-conservative parents who don't want their kids to do anything that seems too strange, "OH MY GOD, are you doing DRUGS?! Blue hair means DRUGS doesn't it! No leaving the house until you're 20!" But, there are a lot of 'liberal' parents who are just as protective because they are afraid their kids will get picked on and abused if they be themselves.

I think they need to understand that there's a line between 'being yourself at risk of alienation' and 'pretending to be like everyone else at the risk of having a mental breakdown when it's terribly inconvenient (ie; your wedding day)'.

AUGH I wish I could do befuddled-hanging-open-mouth picture faces as well as you do, but I always end up looking slightly..hmm should I say it and risk being arrested by the political-correctness police? hrmph.peachy-orange/salmon would be a TOTALLY RADICAL hair color!I've always been partial to multi-colored hair :)

Hello everyone! Great B&W shots, love it, just like the outfit, the Miu Miu collar is just so cool. Anyways, about the hair, I think it's a GREAT idea! Doing the entire head pink is quite a mission though and will take ages, but my hairdresser suggested me something very interesting the other day (I have very blonde, short hair like you as well): Rather than dying everything pink, just doing the tips, like lets say 5-7 cm, whatever floats your boat more or less. i thought that sounded quite cute and wouldn't screw up the hair so much. Bon courage and greetings from Paris, Catherine xx

You know what I noticed when reading your last couple of posts? You have just suddenly blossomed from something a lot of people defined as "cute" (forgive me for using your most-hated word :P) to a beautiful (hello cliche word number 2) young woman. I dunno, I think it might be the fact that you don't seem to wear your glasses anymore and you've dyed your hair and oh maybe the fact that you're now 14! Anyway, what I'm trying to say is I'm liking the transformation and that Miu Miu collar is DI-VI-NE :D

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The photo is gorgeous... the comments from everyone are hilarious ... just some of the reasons why I love your blog and I'm reading it instead of translating a book about kimono... aggh.. got to get back to work!!

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Do your parents really make you write a persuasive essay when you want something? Thats so awesome; if I ever have kids I am going to make them do that when ever they want something I am on the fence about.

oh my gosh your dress makes me want to die. i wish i had your courage :( kids at my school are so predictable when i wear one thing out of line (every day) they're like uhh, maybe you should borrow my sweatshirt."oh it's ok i like being NOT YOU :)"you're my inspiration tavi!

Pashupati: I didn't say I didn't like the glasses, I'm a glasses wearer myself! dunno if you've even read my comment Tavi but just in case you did I thought I would clarify that I love you both with and without your specs ;)